Dagestan

January 22, 2026 20:33

• The former head of the Kaitag district's fraud case has reached court.

  Former head of the Kaitag district, Alim Temirbulatov, his deputy, and another administration employee will stand trial on corruption charges. Investigators believe the former officials committed fraud involving municipal land plots.

January 22, 2026 14:00

• Smirnova's ex-husband demanded the court leave the children with him.

  The court is considering a lawsuit to determine the residence of the Smirnovs' youngest daughter. Her father has filed a motion to have his sons' residences considered in this case, said Anna Smirnova, a resident of the Moscow region. She believes Dmitry Smirnov, who hid the children in Dagestan, Chechnya, and North Ossetia, intends to seek child support.

January 22, 2026 05:23

• Power outages in Makhachkala reminded of the risk of social unrest.

  Another power outage left residents of dozens of streets in Makhachkala without power and heat. Dagestan authorities are obligated to address long-standing utility problems; residents' patience is wearing thin, bloggers noted.

January 22, 2026 04:24

• Makhachkala airport employees testified to the court about the rioters' behavior.

  Participants in the October 2023 mass riots accused Makhachkala airport staff of "hiding" passengers from Israel; workers were forced to barricade themselves indoors.

January 22, 2026 02:25

• Four airports in southern Russia are closed to aircraft.

  Rosaviatsiya has imposed flight restrictions at airports in Grozny, Magas, Vladikavkaz, and Volgograd, with a drone alert also in effect in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, and Stavropol. Residents of Volgograd and Volzhsky reported a series of explosions.

January 21, 2026 23:19

• Dalgatov's relatives were outraged by the delay in the case's consideration.

  Three years after the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the Sovietsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Makhachkala, most of the security officers involved have yet to be convicted, with five of the accused being sent to the special military unit. Dalgatov's family was outraged by the lengthy investigation into the case, despite officials' assurances that the perpetrators would be punished.

January 21, 2026 21:05

• Residents of a village in Dagestan asked Melikov to repair the hospital's facade.

  Residents of the village of Dubki in Dagestan appealed to the head of Dagestan with a request to repair the hospital's façade. Since the village's founding, no major renovations have been carried out on the façade.

January 21, 2026 17:24

• A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.

  Arslan Batayev from the Khasavyurt district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,778 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

January 21, 2026 05:22

• Officials' demand to remove the banner surprised a Dagestani farmer.

  Farmer Mirzemagomed Makhsubov erected a banner reading "Saplings," but officials demanded it be removed, citing the governor of Dagestan, who might disapprove of the sign, as he was passing by. The next day, officials removed the banner themselves, stating that the farmer had approved its removal.

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